Mainstream House Republicans long frustrated with the antics of their combative anti-establishment colleagues are launching a revolution as a growing group of them lash out — at the expense of GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The group of 22 Republicans who opposed Jordan on a second Speaker ballot on Wednesday include those from swing…
The high-stakes drama has not only sparked threats to remove GOP colleagues from the conference, but also put key bipartisan working relationships in jeopardy ahead of another looming government funding deadline and prompted serious internal conversations about overhauling the House rules, further complicating any speaker candidates’ bid to win the gavel.
Tuesday’s stunning vote to remove the sitting speaker has reverberated through both sides of the Capitol and left a bitterly divided GOP scrambling to pick up the pieces.
(CNN) — As Kevin McCarthy was on the brink of losing his speakership, some of his allies delivered a not-so-veiled threat to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina: If